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From the second pick to the 213th, World Junior A Challenge alumni made a
little bit of tournament history last weekend at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft
in Dallas.

Thirty alumni had their names called on Friday and Saturday, the most ever
taken in a single year – the old mark of 28 was set at the 2010 draft, with
26 selected in 2012, 2013 and 2016.

Andrei Svechnikov led the way, going to the Carolina Hurricanes with the
second-overall pick. The Russian was named Most Valuable Player in 2016
when he set the record for goals in a tournament with eight (capped off by
a hat trick in the bronze medal game) and tied the mark for points with 12.

Svechnikov is the second-highest-drafted World Junior A Challenge alumnus
ever, trailing only fellow Russian Nail Yakupov, who was taken by the
Edmonton Oilers with the No. 1 pick in 2012.

In all, three alumni went in the first round – Grigori Denisenko was the
15th pick by the Florida Panthers, and defenceman Jacob Bernard-Docker went
26th to the Ottawa Senators.

Bernard-Docker was the first of five members of the gold medal-winning
Canada West entry from 2017 to be taken, preceding Jonny Tychonick (48th
overall, Ottawa), Seth Barton (81st overall, Detroit), Angus Crookshank
(126th overall, Ottawa) and Brett Stapley (190th overall, Montreal).

Tychonick was one of three draftees named to the all-star team last
December in Truro, N.S., alongside Alexander Romanov (38th overall,
Montreal) and Tyler Madden (68th overall, Vancouver).

Canada East, which fell in overtime to Canada West in the quarter-finals,
had one player selected: Jack McBain (63rd overall, Minnesota).

The 30 alumni selected in Dallas brings the all-time number to more than
300 drafted since the first World Junior A Challenge in Yorkton and
Humboldt, Sask., in 2006.